Geologists claim to have found evidence of the long-lost Resurrection tectonic plate that has been a topic of debate among the scientific community – with some saying it never existed. A team from the University of Houston College believes to have uncovered remains of the plate hundreds of miles beneath a region of northern Canada. … Read more
It has long been thought that Earth’s moon is made of ‘dead’ rock, but new evidence suggests otherwise. Data from NASA‘s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) shows ridges with freshly exposed bedrock on the surface, which are a result of an active tectonic system. More than 500 patches of exposed rock were found on the nearside … Read more
The Earth’s tectonic plates started moving more than 3.2 billion years ago – just over 1.3 billion years after the Earth first formed and earlier than originally thought. The outermost shell of the Earth is broken down into seven major tectonic plates and many smaller ones that move between 0.4 inches and 6.2 inches per … Read more